TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - Homicidal blunt abdominal trauma with isolated laceration of the small bowel mesentery
JO  - Zeitschrift fur Rechtsmedizin
A1  - Eriksson, A.
SP  - 143
EP  - 146
VL  - 93
IS  - 2
N2  - Nonpenetrating abdominal trauma rarely causes isolated mesenteric lacerations with fatal hemorrhages. When this does happen, it is often the result of compression by a lap seal belt or a steering wheel, only extremely rarely is it the result of a homicidal act. In the present paper, two homicide victims with resulting mesenteric tears and fatal bleeding due to sagittal compression are described. A high blood alcohol concentration may in both cases have contributed to the fatal outcome. The cases support the assumption that direct rather than indirect trauma causes this kind of lesion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0044-3433
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -